US calls on Russia to withdraw forces from Ukraine

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Local residents carry giant Russian flags and shout slogans rallying over the streets of Crimean capital Simferopol, Ukraine, on Saturday, March 1, 2014. Russian President Vladimir Putin asked parliament Saturday for permission to use the country’s military in Ukraine, moving to formalize what Ukrainian officials described as an ongoing deployment of Russian military on the country’s strategic region of Crimea. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)